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NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the...

Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an argument that aimed to restrict states from suing oil companies for financial damage related...

Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health

In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in...

Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely

By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.” If someone asks...

Video: Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation?

How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science...

For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each...

NASA to Launch SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions: How to Watch

Two NASA missions are ready for a late-night launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one...

Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96

Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement,...

More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, is set to lose another 1,000 workers under...

Stand Up for Science Rally Sees Mix of Science, Politics and Anxiety

In Washington, many protesters declined to share their names publicly, for similar reasons. One woman, who wore a surgical mask and a long,...

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